As the festive season gathers pace, our Archives Manager Jan Hicks, who curated Use Hearing Protection: The early years of Factory Records, looks at some of the Christmas gifts and cards sent out by Factory Records over the years.
Use Hearing Protection exhibition originators Jon Savage and Mat Bancroft and exhibition curator for the Science and Industry Museum, Jan Hicks, explain how they developed the exhibition concept, and why it doesn’t include the Haçienda.
In celebration of the Use Hearing Protection exhibition, writer, broadcaster and music journalist Jon Savage uncovers the foundations of Factory Records.
On the 40th anniversary of the release of FAC 49 Little Voices, Archives Manager and curator of Use Hearing Protection: The early years of Factory Records Jan Hicks explores the collaborative, cross-pollinating world of Factory Records.
Archives Manager and Use Hearing Protection lead curator Jan Hicks explores how pioneering Factory Records was when it came to recording technology and techniques.
Collections Care Assistant Amy Stevenson takes us behind the scenes of the Use Hearing Protection exhibition, revealing what’s involved in getting the objects ready.
Archives Manager and Use Hearing Protection lead curator Jan Hicks takes a look at how instrumental a number of women were in the formation of Factory Records.
What connects an iconic album cover with an overlooked female scientist? With the opening of our new exhibition, Use Hearing Protection: The early years of Factory Records, on 19 June, we tell the story of all those white wavy lines on your Joy Division t-shirt.
In 2016, the museum commissioned Peter Saville, a designer with strong links to Manchester, to design a range of glassware celebrating Manchester’s three rivers and the dancefloor at the Haçienda.